FINNEY, PATRICIA — The Firedrake's Eye

New York, St.Martin's Press. 1992, 1st.US Ed.. (ISBN: 0312077491) Hardcover. Book, Brilliantly written in language eerily reminiscent of sixteenth-century England and filled with the dazzling color and drama of Tudor England.Tom O'Bedlam, the mad son of prominent Catholic family, stumbles upon evidence that his hated brother has returned to England to spearhead a scheme to assassinate the Queen.It transports the reader back in time to the dirty, dangerous underbelly of 1583 London. Combining accurate and detailed historical research with story-telling of an unusually high caliber, that brilliantly evokes that danger and treachery of Tudor politics.263p. maps on end papers. As New/Fine.